Yaakov Litzman

Yaakov Litzman (2 September 1948-) was Minister of Health of Israel from 2015 to 2017. He was a member of United Torah Judaism.

Biography
Yaakov Litzman was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1948 to a family of Polish Jews, and he grew up in Brooklyn, New York City in the United States. In 1966, he immigrated to Israel, where he worked as a school principal and a Haredi rabbi. In 1999, he was elected to the Knesset as a member of United Torah Judaism, and he was also a member of Agudat Yisrael for a few spells.